Handle assembly



March 24, 1931. JACOB] 1,797,776

HANDLE AS S EMBLY Filed July 16, 1928 J 49 4 i w w u Patented Man 24, 1931 UNITED .s TEs PATENr OFFICE EDWARD im-moonr, or MILWA'U'KEE, Wiscons n, essmnort 'ro nnxeos AivD STRATTON conronezrron; or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A oonronn'rro g or DELAWARE Application filed July 16,

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inhandle assemblies and has as an object the provision of improved and simplified means for mounting handles especially designed for the operation of automotive window regulators and door locks.

Another object of this invention resides in the provision of improved means contained within the handle shaft and cooperating with the handle when placed thereon to\ secure the handle on the shaft a ainst detachment.

' And a still further 0 ject ofthis invention resides in the provision of an improved handle assembly in which a spring 'detent is contained within the handle shaft for engagement with the handle as it-is moved thereover to thus firmly secure the handle on the shaft and, at the,same time, permit its ready removal for the ments or repair.

purpose of replace- With the above and other objects in view whichwill, appear as the description proparts substantially as hereinafter described ceeds, my invention resides in the novel construction, comblnation and arrangement of and more particularly defined by the ap-.

pended claims, it being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the herein disclosed invention may be made as) meme within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, I have illustrated two complete examples of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best modes I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof, and in which:

' Figure 1 is a view, partly in side elevation and partly in section, of a. window handle assembly embodying my invention;

F igure2 is an enlarged, sectional view taken transversely -through Figure 1 on the plane of the line 22;' and r 4 Figure 3 -isa fragmentary, detail view similar to Figure 1 and illustrating as'light- 1y modified structure.

Referring now more particularly to the ac companying drawing, in which like numerals designate like parts throughout the several views, 5 r

v HAINDLE ASSEMBLY 1928. Serial No. 292,962.

preferably of irregular shape in transverse section and connected with the mechanism to be operated'such as a window regulator,

.door latch or the like, and 6 ahandle or lever member having a lateral boss 7 on one end with an operating knob 9 at; its outer free end and the fit of the handle bore 8and-the e0 shaft 5 assuresjthe rotation ofthe shaft with the handle. 1g i The boss 7 has one or more apertures 10 adapted to be registered with a transverse.

juncture of the two diameters of the plunger,- a spring 15 confined between the closed end 16 ofthe bore 11 and the inner end of the plung'eii at all times yieldably urging the .7 outer end of the plunger, which is the end ,of smaller. diameter, beyond thesha-ft periphery. I a r The outer end of the plunger is preferably tapered, as. at 17 to facilitate its engagement. inthe registered aperture 10. To assemble the handle on the shaft 5, the plunger'is depressed against the spring 15 and the handle engaged 'over the shaft with the aperture 10 3 that gives the desired position of'tht handle on the shaft in register with the plunger. As the aperture 10 registers with the' plunger, it is moved thereinto by its spring 15 and the handle firmly fixed on the shaft. When it is desired to remove the handle for the purpose of repair orreplacement, a suitable tool is engaged in the aperture 10 in which the.

plunger is positioned to depress the same against a spring, as willbe readily apparent; In the embodiment illustrated ,in Figure 3, 'v

the plunger 12 is replaced by a spring 18 ofapproximately hair-pin shape confined within a milled slot 19 in the shaft and having one a shaft 'which is end 20 directed laterally through an aperture which is bored at8 to conformwith the shaft 5, the outer end of which-is received therein. The handle 7 may be provided 21 registering vwith the milled slot so that its yond the shaft to engage in arecess communiend 20 engages in the bore 10 of the handle 1 eating with the bore of the lever member, the as the same registers therewith. projection of the laterally directed part From the foregoing'description, taken in through the shaf opemng sec rlng the connection with the accompanying drawing, sprlng 1n the groove and the shaft 1n the it will be readily apparent to those skilled in l l m mb r I the art to which an invention of the charrcter fi C 1 m njz wh reof I have hereunto afdescribed a ertains, that I have provi ed a Xe y slgna 7 novel and iih proved means for readily secur- E W Dr ACOBI- ing a handle member upon ashaft against detachment which means is contained within the shaft and cooperates with the handle as it is engaged thereover' to firmly lock the same thereon. 1

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a device of the character described, a lever member having a bore, a shaft, one end of said shaft being longitudinallyv slotted and provided with a transverse aperture communicating with the slot, said shaft end being engageable in the lever member bore, a substantially hair-pin shaped spring confined within the shaft slot, and a laterally directed part carried by the spring and yieldably rojected through said transverse aperture eyond the shaft to engage in an aperture in the wall of the lever member bore when said shaft end is engaged therein, the

rpjection of the, laterally directed part t rough said transverse aperture and into the lever member aperture securing the spring in the longitudinal slot and the shaft in the lever member bore.

2. In a device of the character described, a lever member having a bore, a shaft, one end of said shaft being longitudinally slotted and provided with a transverse aperture communicating with the slot and bein-g'engageable in the lever member bore, a substantially hairpin shaped spring confined within the shaft slot with one leg engaging the wall of the lever member bore to yieldably urge its other end towards the transverse aperture, and a laterally directed part on said other leg projected through the transverse aperture beyond the shaft to engage a recess in the all of the lever member bore, the projection of the laterally directed part through said transverse aperture and into engagement with the lever member carried recess securing the spring in the longitudinal slot 3 and'the shaft in the lever member bore.

3. In a device of the character described, a lever member having a bore, a shaft having a longitudinal groove at. one end with an opening communicating with the bottom of the groove and engageable in the lever member bore, the wall of the bore closing the open side of the groove, a spring bent medial ly'upon itself and received in said longitudinal groove with one end engaging the wall of the bore to yieldably urgeiits other'end toward the bottom oftne groove, and a later- .ally directed part on said other end. of the spring projectable through the opening be- 

